Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to present Cruel Summer, a group exhibition curated by collector, graffiti historian, Juxtappoz contributor, and urban anthropologist Roger Gastman. "The summer of 1984 was awesome. The space shuttle Discovery took off on its maiden voyage, Apple released the Macintosh personal computer, the Olympics rallied the world together and Karate Kid was the hit film featuring the song Cruel Summer by Bananarama. The song and its video of three gorgeous young women roaming the streets of New York City inspired this show."

Every winter in San Francisco, the city's clubs are taken over by the great Noise Pop Festival, featuring an assortment of music acts, art activities, and cultural events. This year, Real Estate, No Age, Dr Dog, Fresh & Onlys, Mikal Cronin, Vetiver, Shabazz Palaces, Sun Kil Moon, and DJ Rashad are just a few of the musical acts. On Saturday, March 1, Juxtapoz and Noise Pop will hold the SF premier of "Grey City," a documentary on São Paulo, Brazil's influential graffiti history and controversial laws.

In our November 2013 issue, on newsstands this week (or now), we have an exclusive conversation with one of Brazil's most exciting and talented artists, FINOK. For years we have loved his intricate style, both in his unique graffiti characters and now his beautiful canvases, and with an upcoming new body of work at Smith Galeria in Sao Paulo this November, we felt it was great timing to see his work in our printed edition.

The Fall season is upon on us, and we are about to release our November 2013 issue with a very special story on a publishing house with a penchant for old-school pulp illustrations and print! Hard Case Crime is the cover story this month, a publisher of hardboiled crime fiction that emphasizes the use of an old style pulp art by hiring some of the best illustrators in the genre to do their covers. Michael Koelsch did this beautiful cover for an upcoming release of Borderline ... more on the November issue after the jump...